Caribbean

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): Caribbean countries yesterday celebrated Emancipation Day with a public holiday and regional politicians underscoring the need for tolerance and respect for all the various races ...

The Dominican government says preliminary estimates of the damages caused after a river in the western community of Layou overflowed its banks and broke a dam has been put at just under US$7 million

Nationals in the six independent member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are expecting to be able to move freely in search of jobs, armed with only an identification card and an immigration entry/departure form come Monday, as the subregion presses ahead with forging an economic union.

Prosecutors may seek the death penalty for two men convicted late yesterday of killing British honeymooners Benjamin and Catherine Mullany and Jamaican shopkeeper Waneta Anderson.

Prosecutors in Antigua say they may seek the death penalty for two men convicted yesterday of killing British honeymooners, as well as a Jamaican shopkeeper.

Minister with responsibility for information, telecommunications and special projects, Daryl Vaz, told journalists yesterday that the operators of REDjet, Air One Venture Ltd, was granted a license after satisfying the regulations of the Civil Aviation Au

HAMILTON (CMC):A 46-year-old self-employed businessman has appeared in Magistrate's Court charged with conspiring to import 200 rounds of live ammunition and US$10 million worth of drugs into the island.Victor Roberts was not required to enter pleas as...

BASSETERRE (CMC):The St Kitts and Nevis government says it will introduce single-sex education for students at three of the Federation's primary schools from September.Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas...

National security ministers of the Caribbean Community have agreed to ignore the diplomatic immunity now held by any officer at the security agency for the regional bloc.

The Nation newspaper has reported that police detectives have arrested a man in connection with the death of Constable Dexter Yarde, who was shot with a semi-automatic pistol at West Coast Villa in August 2004.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC): A High Court judge has ordered the financially troubled Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) to repay an nearly TT$60 million (US$10 million) to six policy holders.In a 51-page ruling on Friday, Justice Maureen...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):The coalition People's Partnership government, faced with the prospect of having to deal with a nationwide strike in the coming days, is urging trade unions to focus on the broad...